Astrophotographer Philippe Tosi captured explosive Ellerman bombs on the sun's surface as an active sunspot turned toward ...

Anew sunspot is putting on a spectacular show in our solar system, capturing the attention of astronomers and ...

Sunspot region 4114 has fired off its strongest blast yet — an X1.2-class solar flare that erupted on June 17, triggering ...

Sunspot region 4114 has unleashed its most powerful solar flare yet — an X1.9 class that erupted late June 19, triggering ...

Since Galileo first observed them through his telescope in the early 1600s, sunspots have fascinated scientists.

A new sunspot forming on the surface of the sun might be about to fling solar flares in our direction. The sunspot, named 3856, is facing Earth and has developed a volatile type of magnetic field ...

Sunspot AR3085 on August 22, 2022, having grown from the previous day. NASA/SDO/HMI. According to solar activity news website Spaceweather.com on Tuesday afternoon: "Two days ago sunspot AR3085 ...

What to know about the massive sunspot facing Earth again. It’s the same sunspot cluster that brought ‘extreme’ geomagnetic storms, and auroral displays, in mid-May.

A dark spot on the Sun big enough to see from Mars has now turned its gaze toward Earth. Spaceweather.com reports that the monster sunspot, dubbed AR3576, stretches for more than 124,274 miles and ...

When a sunspot is pointed towards the Earth, and it erupts, most often solar flares hit the Earth’s atmosphere within minutes. This can cause varying effects on our satellites, GPS, and even ...